DoCoMo_Authoring_Guidelines.pdf

Flash Lite Authoring Guidelines

for the i-mode Service by NTT DoCoMo

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Acknowledgments

Director: Erick Vera

Producer: Barbara Nelson

Writing: Paul Goldman

Editing: Lisa Stanziano

Print Design and Production: Adam Barnett

First Edition: March 2003

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

About the i-mode service by NTT DoCoMo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

CHAPTER 2: Developing Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Navigation and key events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

i-mode compatible HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

ActionScript and properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Network access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Screen size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Movie size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Performance Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Interactive versus Inline content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

CHAPTER 3: Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Embedding sound in Flash Lite movies for i-mode phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

MFi sound substitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Associating an MFi sound file with an ActionScript sound symbol . . . . . . . . . . 16

Accessing sound on main and movie clip Timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

CHAPTER 4: Testing Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

DoCoMo’s i-mode HTML Simulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

APPENDIX A: Supported ActionScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

APPENDIX B: Supported Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

APPENDIX C: Warning and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

APPENDIX D: References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Macromedia websites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Contents

CHAPTER 1

Introduction

Macromedia has created a new profile of the Flash Player called Macromedia ® Flash ™ Lite,

designed for consumer mobile devices, including phones for the i-mode service by NTT

DoCoMo. This format is designed to run optimally on devices with limited memory, processor

speed, and display area. Content created for Flash Lite is most similar to Flash Player 4 content.

The Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 User Guide for Flash Lite describes, in general, tools

and guidelines for authors creating Flash Lite movies. This document contains authoring

information specific to creating movies for i-mode phones.

About the i-mode service by NTT DoCoMo

The i-mode service by NTT DoCoMo is a mobile phone service in Japan that provides its

customers with both voice and comprehensive data services. With an i-mode phone, users can

exchange i-mode e-mail and obtain information from i-mode menu sites and i-mode compatible

Internet sites.

The i-mode phone contains a browser that displays i-mode compatible HTML web pages.

Beginning with the 505i phones, you can view Macromedia Flash Lite movies from the i-mode

browser. You can also use the phones’ My Picture and Standby Screen applications to view Flash

Lite movies. Although a number of manufacturers produce 505i phones, all of them support the

same Flash Lite functionality.

Getting started

To create Flash Lite movies for i-mode phones, you need to install Macromedia Flash MX

Professional 2004, available from the Macromedia website. (See Appendix D, “References,”

on page 47 , for links to the Macromedia website.) . Read the Macromedia Flash MX Professional

2004 User Guide for Flash Lite for an overview of Flash Lite and basic authoring information.

To test your completed Flash Lite movies for i-mode phones, you should obtain the i-mode

HTML Simulator from the DoCoMo website. (See Appendix D, “References,” on page 47 .) The

Simulator is an application tool that emulates the operation of an i-mode phone and allows you

to test the validity of Flash Lite movies. Though useful, the Simulator is no substitute for testing

on actual i-mode phones—only testing on actual phones will give you a true picture of your Flash

Lite movie’s performance.

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